1971-November-20
Obscurity (Sugarcane)
Taft Auditorium Cincinnati, Ohio
Disc 1 - 74.07 Song Track
1 Embryo 26.26 26.34
2 Fat Old Sun (short version) 12.45 13.15
3 Set The Controls 14.57 14.57
4 Atom Heart Mother 19.17 19.20
Disc 2 - 61.27
1 Careful With That Axe Eugene 11.42 12.20 cuts a little early
2 Cymbaline 11.30 12.29
3 Echoes 16.07 16.08 cuts early
4 Obscured By Clouds 4.34 4.34 73-Mar-18 *
5 When You're In 6.35 7.38 73-Mar-18 *
6 One Of These Days 7.11 8.16 73-Mar-18 *
* from The Palace Theater - Waterbury, Connecticut 73-Mar-18
This is a hot performance. All songs are played aggressively. Contains the
longest performance of Embryo, most of which is has very little to do with the
actual song. Fat Old Sun is the short version, with only one verse sung before
the middle jam section. AHM has the best siren intro I've heard. It just screams
when the band kicks in. Very cool. The vocal section is also great. Echoes
cuts halfway through.
This performance contains the final performance of Embryo, Fat Old Sun, and
Cymbaline. It was also Floyd's last performance that had AHM as part of the
standard set list. This show is truly the end of the early Floyd. After this
show, Floyd debuted the Dark Sidinosaur and everything slowly started to unravel
for them. This is truly the end of Floyd's GREATEST era.
There are better and more complete recordings of this show available. This one is
somewhat tinny.
This show is rated as essential collection material.